K. Stew

Kristen Stewart Doesn’t Care If You Think She’s a Good Actress

Like Anne Hathaway—another actress who has recently spoken out about coping with criticism—Kristen Stewart is now commenting about the vitriol she has faced over the past few years, both related to her acting and otherwise. It should come as little surprise that Stewart—who has buzz-y performances in a trio of indie films this fall, Clouds of Sils Maria, Still Alice, and Camp X-Ray—said that she cares what you have to say about her about as much as she does what happened on last week's episode of Real Housewives of New York (we are going out on a limb here and making the assumption that Kristen Stewart doesn't even know what the Real Housewives franchise is). "Honestly, I don’t care [if people think I'm a good actress]," she told the Daily Beast. "It’s fine. I’m really happy doing what I’m doing."

Unlike Hathaway, who said she still “feels shame” about the backlash against her, Stewart seems generally over it. “I’m sure there are a ton of people out there who would hate [all] my movies,” she said. “Just as I'm sure there are people out there who are obsessed with Twilight and say, ‘I watched the series, and she completely let me down, and then I watched every one of her other movies, and I f–––ing hate her!’ And that's cool! Just don’t watch my movies.”

Stewart isn’t looking to add any fuel to the fire, though. When queried about Guantanamo Bay, the subject of Camp X-Ray, Stewart said she’s learned to not give the media any grist. “I don't want to talk about that s––– at all,” she says. “Trust me, I'm only asking for it. When it comes time to stand up and effect change, I'm not the type of person to shout from the rooftops. Just because you're an actor and in the public eye, people think that’s how you must be. But there are other ways to do that. That’s not me.”